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About

.TV is a found footage essay film: Voicemails left by an anonymous caller from the future guide us to the remote islands of Tuvalu, a place the global media has described as “the first country to disappear due to rising sea levels”. Surrounded by thousands of miles of open water, much of Tuvalu’s revenue comes from its country-code web extension .TV, a popular domain choice among global video-streaming and television industries. The caller describes how heat, digital screens, and distance gave him no choice but to leave his sinking home and escape into cyberspace where rising waters will never reach him.

WINNER:
Golden Gate Award for Best New Vision Short at 61st San Francisco International Film Festival.

SELECTED SCREENINGS:
New York Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
San Francisco International Film Festival
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
DOXA Documentary Film Festival
Athens International Film + Video Festival
UnionDocs
Kasseler Dok Fest
DokumentART